RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Buzz Aldrin564 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color glossy 10 x 8 reproduction of a ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of the Apollo 11 lunar module ascent, signed in black felt tip, “Almost home! Buzz Ald
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Buzz Aldrin565 - Buzz Aldrin
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Aldrin posing in his white space suit, signed in black ink. In fine condition. A crisply signed uninscribed e
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Buzz Aldrin566 - Buzz Aldrin
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Apollo 11 launch day cover with a cachet honoring the mission crew, 6.5 x 3.75, signed in black ink by Buzz Aldrin and NASA administrator Tom Paine. C
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Michael Collins567 - Michael Collins
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ALS signed “Mike Collins,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, April 17, 1989. Letter to Richard Liblong, in full: “I mailed your books today &...
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Apollo 12568 - Apollo 12
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Set of three official color 8 x 10 NASA lithographs of the Apollo 12 crew shown individually in their white space suits, each signed in black felt tip
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Fred Haise569 - Fred Haise
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Collection of three satin-finish photos and one official NASA lithograph, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in black felt tip or gold ink by Haise. In ov
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Apollo 13 Mission Control570 - Apollo 13 Mission Control
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Satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of mission control celebrating the safe return of the Apollo 13 crew, signed in gold ink by Gerry Griffin, Gene Kranz, and
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Apollo 14571 - Apollo 14
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Set of three items: an unsigned 9 x 9 swatch of Beta cloth with a printed 4-inch diameter Apollo 14 mission emblem in the center. In fine condition. S
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Alan Shepard572 - Alan Shepard
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Limited edition color 8.5 x 6.5 photo of Shepard receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President Kennedy on May 8, 1961, numbered 901/25
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Edgar Mitchell573 - Edgar Mitchell
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Three items: a satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Edgar Mitchell on the surface of the moon, signed in silver ink, “Searching for cone crater, EVA2—2/6/71,
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Edgar Mitchell574 - Edgar Mitchell
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Three color photos, each signed in black felt tip by Mitchell, including: a satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of him on the lunar surface; a satin-finish 10 x
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Apollo 15575 - Apollo 15
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Collection of six items: first, a training checklist used in Lunar Module Simulator 2, labeled at the top, “S-Band Antenna Angles, Descent REFSMMAT,”
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Jim Irwin576 - Jim Irwin
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Color 10 x 8 cardstock photo of Irwin saluting the American flag at the Apollo 15 landing site, signed in black felt tip below a pre-printed sentiment
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Jim Irwin577 - Jim Irwin
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Apollo 15 launch day cover with a cachet of the mission insignia, signed in black felt tip. Collector’s notation on reverse indicates that the signatu
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Apollo 16578 - Apollo 16
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Set of four items: first, an original Apollo 16 Lunar Rover Vehicle Stowage list, 11 x 8.5, unbound, 13 pages, issued by NASA on January 21, 1972. In
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Charlie Duke579 - Charlie Duke
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Three items: a color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of a Duke family photo resting on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip, “The Duke family on the
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Apollo 17580 - Apollo 17
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Three items: first, an Apollo 17 press kit, 8.5 x 11, 23 pages, issued by TRW Systems Group, and bound with a single staple to the upper left corner.
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Gene Cernan581 - Gene Cernan
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Two photos: a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Cernan sitting in his white space suit and being prepped by NASA personnel, signed in black felt tip, “Gene
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Harrison Schmitt582 - Harrison Schmitt
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Apollo 17 launch day cover with a stamped cachet of the mission insignia, signed in blue ballpoint, “Jack Schmitt.” In fine condition.
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Guenter Wendt583 - Guenter Wendt
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Three items from the personal collection of Guenter Wendt: a napkin featuring the Apollo 17 mission emblem, signed on the reverse by Wendt and stamped
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NASA584 - NASA
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Collection of thirteen vintage photos of a variety of NASA personnel, each approximately 8 x 10, signed in various ink types by: Joe Engle (ins), Chri
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Walter Kapryan585 - Walter Kapryan
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Launch director at Kennedy Space Center for the majority of the manned Apollo missions. Collection of five items, including: a large 22 x 17 chart lab
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Skylab586 - Skylab
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Collection of four photos, including: a glossy 5 x 7 photo of Hurricane Ellen as taken by Alan Bean from Skylab 3 (II), matted to an overall size of 1
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Wernher von Braun587 - Wernher von Braun
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Ballpoint signature, “Wernher von Braun,” on a white 4 x 6 card, with a clipped newspaper photo of the rocket scientist and a Project Mercury stamp af
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Female Astronauts588 - Female Astronauts
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Color 7.5 x 7.5 photo of NASA’s first six female astronauts posing with a personal rescue enclosure prototype, each signing in black ink, “Judy Resnik
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Sally Ride589 - Sally Ride
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Ride posing in front of a flag and shuttle model, signed in black felt tip, “Sally K. Ride.” In fine conditio
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Voyager: Rutan and Yeager590 - Voyager: Rutan and Yeager
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the around-the-world flight of the Voyager, postmarked at Edwards AFB on the launch and return dates, signe
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Space Shuttle Astronauts591 - Space Shuttle Astronauts
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Set of five color photos, measuring in size from 7 x 7.25 to 10.75 x 13.75, signed in black felt tip by various Space Shuttle astronauts, including: B
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Space Shuttle Crews592 - Space Shuttle Crews
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Four official color 10 x 8 photos of NASA Space Shuttle crews, fully signed in blue and black felt tip by each crew, including: STS-47, STS-51-F, STS-
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Artists595 - Artists
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Collection of nine items, each signed by a different artist, including: Grandma Moses (signature), Rembrandt Peale (pencil signature), Edward Burne-Jo
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Artists596 - Artists
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Collection of four items, each signed by a prominent American artist, including: Thomas Nast (signature), Ansel Adams (TLS), Charles Addams (signature
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Johannes Baader597 - Johannes Baader
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Writer and artist associated with Dada in Berlin (1875–1955). ALS in pencil in German, signed “J. A. Baader,” one page on a 6 x 4 postcard depicting a
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Edwin Blashfield598 - Edwin Blashfield
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American painter and muralist (1848–1936). ALS signed “E. H. Blashfield,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, no date. Letter to his mother, in part: “I feel that I
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Alexander Calder599 - Alexander Calder
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ALS signed “Sandy Calder,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, December 29, 1949. Letter to Kaufmann, in full: “I am sorry to be late with his—bu
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Marc Chagall600 - Marc Chagall
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Untranslated ALS in Yiddish, signed in blue ballpoint, one page on a 5.75 x 4 postcard, October 8, 1959. Letter to the American designer Boris Aronson
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Edward S. Curtis601 - Edward S. Curtis
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Handsome pairing of photogravures of Native Americans, including: one entitled ‘Naemahlpunkuma-Hahuamis,’ 7.5 x 9.5, captioned along the bottom, ‘From
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Salvador Dali602 - Salvador Dali
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 5, 1965. Dali agrees to loan his sculpture, “Tete de Venus Oto Rhinologique, n.d.” to “The Gallery of Modern Art inclu
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Salvador Dali603 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali de Gala. Edita: Lausanne, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 x 9.75, 227 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in bl
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Edgar Degas604 - Edgar Degas
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ALS in French, signed “Degas,” one page, 4.5 x 5.5, postmarked May 12, 1900. Letter to his friend the journalist Pierre Lalo in Paris. In part (transl
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Gustave Eiffel605 - Gustave Eiffel
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ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 4, personal letterhead, January 3, 1904. Letter to a gentleman. In full (translated):...
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Eugene Delacroix606 - Eugene Delacroix
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French artist (1798–1863) who takes a place in the first rank of painters in the Romantic tradition and whose mastery of color and technique inspired
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James Montgomery Flagg607 - James Montgomery Flagg
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An excellent pair of items: a pencil and watercolor sketch of a female Western gunslinger entitled “Pursuit of Gentlemen,” drawn by Flagg on an off-wh
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Charles Garnier608 - Charles Garnier
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French architect (1825–1898) known for the Palais Garnier and the Opera de Monte-Carlo. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Chas Garnier,” one page, 5
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Natalia Goncharova609 - Natalia Goncharova
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Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, and set designer (1881–1962). Rare ALS in French, one page on the reverse
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Hugh Bolton Jones610 - Hugh Bolton Jones
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American landscape painter (1848–1927) revered for his realistic depictions of calm rural scenes of the eastern United States. ALS signed “H. Bolton J
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Edward Lear611 - Edward Lear
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British artist and writer (1812–1898) best known for his ‘nonsense’ books, which feature his quirky drawings and amusing verse. ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7
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Fernand Leger612 - Fernand Leger
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French artist (1881–1955) best known for his brightly colored, cubist and machine-age–influenced abstractions. ALS in French, signed “F. Leger,” one p
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Sol Lewitt613 - Sol Lewitt
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American artist (1928–2007) who attained widespread popularity in the late 1960s for his wall drawings and three-dimensional work. Original signed and
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Konstantin Makovsky614 - Konstantin Makovsky
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influential Russian painter (1839–1915) whose historical paintings portrayed an idealized view of past centuries. Postcard depicting the Moscow Kremli
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Jacques Lipchitz615 - Jacques Lipchitz
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Cubist sculptor (1891–1973) who counted Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso, and Amedeo Modigliani among his associates. ALS in Cyrillic, signed in Cyrillic, “J.
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